{"id":1619,"date":"2026-06-30T19:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/06\/30\/us-supreme-court-upholds-transgender-bans-in-female-sports\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T19:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:56:01","slug":"us-supreme-court-upholds-transgender-bans-in-female-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=1619","title":{"rendered":"US Supreme Court upholds transgender bans in female sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Banning biological males from women\u2019s sports doesn\u2019t violate the US Constitution, the court\u2019s justices have ruled<\/strong><\/p>\n

The US Supreme Court has ruled that states can forbid biological males from competing as females in school and college sports. US President Donald Trump hailed the ruling as a \u201cbig win.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

In a unanimous verdict on Tuesday, the court\u2019s nine justices concluded that state bans on transgender athletes competing in female sports do not violate Title IX, a 1972 law forbidding sex-based discrimination in education.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Constitution and Title IX do not require an overhaul of women\u2019s and girls\u2019 sports throughout America,\u201d<\/em> wrote conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who authored the ruling. Forcing women and girls to compete against males would \u201cdeny equal opportunity to female athletes because, as all agree, females and males have inherent physical differences.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The court\u2019s three liberal justices agreed that the bans do not violate Title IX, but argued that they violate the constitution\u2019s 14th Amendment, which guarantees equal protection under the law. In her partial dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor quibbled that the ruling applied \u201ca diminished view of equal protection\u201d<\/em> to women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n

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The court\u2019s three liberal justices agreed that the bans do not violate Title IX, but argued that they violate the constitution\u2019s 14th Amendment, which guarantees equal protection under the law. In her partial dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor quibbled that the ruling applied \u201ca diminished view of equal protection\u201d<\/em> to women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n

The ruling concerned two cases, in which transgender athletes challenged bans in Idaho and West Virginia. In Idaho, a male runner identifying as female argued that the state\u2019s Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act violated his 14th Amendment rights; in West Virginia, a male high-school student argued that the Save Women\u2019s Sports Act violated his Title IX rights by banning him from competing in multiple sports.<\/p>\n

Before the cases came before the Supreme Court, two appeals courts sided with the transgender complainants. The West Virginia teenager, Becky Pepper-Jackson, went on to win a state shot put title last month, beating his nearest female competitor by two feet.<\/p>\n

With the passage of the Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act in 2020, Idaho became the first state to ban males from female school and college sports. Twenty-six state legislatures followed suit, and Trump made the issue a key pillar of his 2024 campaign. Last year, Trump signed an executive order stripping federal funding from schools and colleges that allow males to compete against females.<\/p>\n

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Trump applauded the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling. \u201cBIG WIN,\u201d<\/em> he wrote on his Truth Social platform. \u201cThe United States Supreme Court just RULED AGAINST MEN PLAYING IN WOMEN\u2019S SPORTS. Wow! That takes that ridiculous situation off the table!!!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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